704 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1st edition (August 8, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0130091383
ISBN-13: 978-0130091383
In keeping with recent shifts in the structural design field, this book employs an emphasis on serviceability to provide a systematic treatment of basic concepts and computational procedures for structural motion control. The book covers optimal stiffness distributions for building type structures, the role of damping in controlling motion, tuned mass dampers, base isolation systems, quasi-static active control, dynamic feedback control, and neutral network based control systems. This book is a useful reference for practicing engineers.